Comments

Comment by Buckwyld

It's a quest item and only 1 person can pick it up. When the quest was first implemented, I remember our raid leader picking it up and wondering why it didn't show the Master Loot player window.

Comment by Azshande

I just got my head tonight, it was only 10dkp, so maybe it was worth it.

Comment by papercup

we had some dude pick up the head one night on a guild run and he thought everyone could loot it. or thats what he said anything...

'only ONE may rise'

Comment by Akimsa

To be honest, getting the head is sorta bittersweat. While yes, its cash, and some of the AQ event quest rewards are nice, you really need to be either doing AQ40 or have lots of people willing to help you farm the fragments. I myself am trying option 2, and it is realy hard to do.

Comment by darksmirf

I highly suggest keeping it on master looter, either that or having a very hefty DKP fine for looting this item. My guild has had one to many incidents of people making mistakes and thinking everyone could loot the head. /sigh

Comment by kreghx

Comment by trannsvaal

The quest itself is quite hard to finish on your own so make sure that you get some friends to help every time you go farming for fragments.

Fragments themselves drop on stacks of 2-3 from the silithist at the hives in silithus.

This quest is also the only way to raise your reputation with brood of nozdormu other than Ahn'Qiraj raiding

Comment by Lanceler

Everyone in the raid can now loot this item.

Comment by Curtains

There can be only one... lol

Comment by Eldest

A tip for while farming the silithid carapaces, is to go to Hive'Regal. I noticed that the mobs there have a chance to drop one extra carapace, making it possible to loot a total of 4 instead of 3 carapaces. Happy farming!

Comment by DoctorHat

When can you solo this?

Comment by Afenar

this is so stupid, just explain. how could 1 monster drop 40 heads!

Comment by Hoddie

This is the Scepter of the Shifting Sands quest chain as ported from wowwiki, with wowhead links added for ease of use. Full credit goes to original author(s).

Notes

This epic vanilla WoW quest chain no longer exists. May it rest in peace.

Comment by Kathucka

It must be completed before the Shattering, which should be a few days before the Cataclysm expansion set is released on December 7, 2010. November 22 is probably the last possible day. After that, the entire quest chain and everything related to it will be permanently removed from the game.

To complete it, you'll need:

Neutral reputation with Brood of Nozdormu. This can be soloed via turn-ins if you are on this chain (takes around six hours if you're fast). Three full clears of AQ-40 will also do the trick (and then some).

A bunch of mats, notably ten Elementium Ingots. These sell for at least 1000G each. The price is spiking as people try to complete this feat of strength. Other than the sheer time this takes, this is probably the hardest part of the chain.

At least two raids on Blackwing Lair. More like three or four, if you're gathering the Elementium Ingots yourself. Remember that whoever is going is probably going to have to be attuned, so allow some time for this.

One full clear of Molten Core.

One full clear of Onyxia's Lair. Either 10-man or 25-man works.

Five outdoor raid bosses. These can be soloed at 80, but it's a lot easier with three players. Bring along friends so they can see these bosses before they go away forever. The Moonglade one is especially epic.

Visits deep into the heart of Undercity and Stormwind.

A visit to the Sunken Temple.

Travel all over the damn world to talk to, look at, and/or kill lots of things.

At least nine bag slots. More, depending on the order you do things in.

Before you kill Nefarian, Onyxia, and Ragnaros, turn on Free-for-all loot. This will allow you to loot the quest items properly. If you have group loot or master loot turned on, you will not be able to see or loot the quest items until whoever is noted on the corpse as having loot right-clicks on the corpse. That's a pain if someone hearths out early or is disconnected or whatever.

The Elementium Ingots are semi-farmable. Find a pack with Blackwing Technicians. Kill all the technicians, but leave the other mobs alive. Then die. The pack will re-spawn, with the technicians. You can then loot and do it again. Keep a friend who can resurrect you nearby, but out of combat. Or, play on a hunter, and do the same thing with Feign Death. It's cheaper. Note that there is a random hard limit on how many ingots can actually drop per week for you. It appears to be from 4-6, depending on the week. Once that (random) number of ingots drop, no more will drop for that raid. You need to start a fresh raid (on another character or in another week) to get more ingots.

You'll be going to Tanaris a lot. Take the portal in the Violet Citadel (in Dalaran) to the Caverns of Time.

To get attuned to Blackwing Lair, kill the Scarshield Quartermaster, activate his quest item, clear Upper Blackrock Spire, then click on the orb behind the final boss. There is also a portal directly to the raid instance inside of UBRS, a little after killing Rend Blackhand. Getting attuned is recommended, though. Once you're attuned, you can get in by clicking on the orb down the hall from the port to Blackrock Spire.

Your rewards will be a bunch of useless but pretty level 60 epics, a ring that gives you water breathing, a useless (but extremely rare) recipe, a couple books to read, a useless white item, a feat of strength (at 4.0.3a), and some of the best lore in the game.

Comment by Mogster1234

This questline appears to have been removed in 4.0.3a.

Comment by naruna

yep ! patch 4.0.6 here !this guys (Baristolth of the Shifting Sands) is now part of Cenarion Circle and wont give u the quests anymore..... shame.... i loved this chain quest....

Description

There is no time to waste! A hero must be found! The task I give will require an army to complete but only one may rise from the throng of would be champions to take on the burden and responsibility of an ally of the Brood.

Within the lair of the Lord of Blackrock is a most cruel beast. The Broodlord Lashlayer guards the Halls of Strife, blocking the way into Nefarian's inner sanctum. Slay the foul aberration and return his head to me. Do this and you may begin the next step of your journey.